Section: News & Summaries

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko approached President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko requesting to promote holding of a meeting of the tripartite contact group on settlement of the situation in Donbas in Minsk July 31. Participating in the meeting, in particular, will be Second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, Russian Ambassador to...

The Ukrainian Army completely took control over Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, July 29. The ATO press center writes on Facebook. “Yesterday, July 29, the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, was released from Russian mercenaries,” the headquarters informs. In addition, the ATO forces launched a sweep of Ilovaisk and Pervomaisk. lk...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with the mothers and wives of the Ukrainian military who were held captive by militants in the town of Horlivka, the presidential press service has reported. Seventeen hostages were released during a successful operation, and they arrived in Kyiv on July 29. Informing the women about happy news,...

The law on return of confidence in the judicial system does not work as the parliament approved a “light version” of this document. This opinion was expressed by Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko at a press conference, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The Justice Ministry by submitting the bill to the parliament provided a full...

The TV Channel 5 started broadcasting in Donetsk again. The press service of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting informs. “Thanks to incredible efforts of the television information sphere specialists, the TV Channel 5 resumed broadcasting in Donetsk today,” a report says. To remind, July 15, the information...

No live ordnance hit the bus carrying the orphans from the Donetsk orphanage to Mariupol. All children are alive and unharmed. Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska told a news conference on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Yes, indeed, there was the firing of the bus, but not focused on that bus, and the...

The state strengthened social protection of servicemen, mobilized to the ATO zone, and members of their families. In particular, payment of one-time allowance will be increased to families of deceased servicemen. Head of the department for military and social work of the Main Personnel Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Colonel Vitaliy...

The Azov battalion with support of the Ukrainian military took under its control the town of Novy Svit near Donetsk. Press Secretary of the battalion Ihor Mosiychuk wrote on his Facebook page. “This night and in the morning positional battles were waged between the Azov battalion, the 39th battalion of territorial defense and a group of...

Terrorists of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR) fired a minibus with children from Donbas orphanages on their way to Mariupol. As a result, one child has been killed, a dozen wounded. Head of the Information Resistance Group Dmytro Tymcuk wrote on his Facebook page. He added that the tragedy occurred on Monday on the section...

The ATO forces carry out an operation on liberation from terrorists of the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region. Spokesman of the Information-Analytical Center of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Yesterday evening, Ukrainian military came to Avdiyivka,...